The Struggle History of the Fourteenth Qing Dynasty

This is an imported product. The fourteenth brother in the palace didn't see it, so he bought two pictures to make sure it was fresh.

There were also gadgets bought for the brothers and sisters who hadn't left the palace, including the sisters, but he didn't miss any of them.

Then he got the likes of the whole palace!

It was worth the trip, Elder Fourteen thought happily, next time I go, I will eat fried liver!

When he went out next time, he was almost young, but this time he went out of the palace and brought some things, a lot of ginseng and bird's nests, sea cucumbers from tribute, some silk and satin, just snack boxes He brought as many as ten, all of which were snacks from the palace.

After leaving the palace, the five carriages headed straight for the Shaojiu Alley in the inner city.

There were a lot of people traveling this time, but Brother Fourteen didn't tell him where he was going.

He didn't tell Wood the destination until he was out of the palace gate. Wood thought for a while: "The slaves know this place, but they haven't been there."

"Just go there, the second gate of Shaojiu Alley!" Elder Fourteen always remembered this address.

The shochu alley was quickly found. All the people living here are banner people, and the alley is big enough. There are a total of more than [-] families living here, all of which are full of people, so the atmosphere here is very active, and women can also enjoy it. Go out and walk around, go to the market next door to buy something, go shopping or something, so the road in this alley is very spacious, and the cars coming in and out will not hinder anything.

But they are all ordinary banner people.

There is one family that is quite exceptional, that is Wu Ya's family in the second door. Their family has a concubine De concubine. Although the gate of the palace is as deep as the sea, after Concubine De became the imperial concubine, Wu Ya's family has risen.

The house was expanded, the rewards of the family increased, and the lintels were changed, but their family did not move out, and they did not receive other good treatment. They were still in the Lower Five Banners. work.

Raising the flag refers to the system in which bannermen in the Qing Dynasty raised their flag status in order to improve their background.

This system began in the Yongzheng Dynasty because of the origin of Yongzheng's own son, Eniang Wuya.

When the Eight Banners system was first established, four banners were set up: yellow flag, white flag, red flag, and blue flag.

Later, after the establishment of the Manchu army, Jin changed the four banners to Zhenghuang, Zhengbai, Zhenghong and Zhenglan because of "returning to Yiguang", and added four banners of bordered yellow, bordered white, bordered red and bordered blue, collectively known as the Eight Banners.

At that time, it was the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, the 41st year of Wanli.

After the establishment of the Qing Dynasty, due to the lack of concentration of imperial power, internal struggles continued, and the rulers were weak and the ministers were strong, so they began to divide again. The Zhenghuang Banner, Zhengbai Banner, and Xianghuang Banner were the upper three banners, which were directly under the emperor, and the remaining five banners were the lower banners. five flags.

After the Kangxi Dynasty, Emperor Yongzheng came to power, because his mother's family was born as a slave in clothes. In the eyes of the older Manchu generation, he was a slave who could not be mentioned or spoken.

Therefore, Emperor Yongzheng drew his mother's family out of the Xianglan Banner where the Wuya clan was located, and merged it into the Xianghuang Banner. Flag holders are all incorporated into the upper three flags to improve their status, that is, to raise the flag.

Therefore, Wu Ya's family is still the identity of the coated slaves, and they are still in the establishment of the Five Banners.

Brother Fourteen thought about this relationship all the way, and then he understood why those people must send women into the palace, even if they are court ladies, they would not hesitate.

In ancient times, there was Yang Yuhuan, who told the people of the Tang Dynasty to "don't give birth to a boy but a girl." Today, there are bannermen who send their daughters to the palace for a fortune in order to soar into the sky.

Think about Tong Jia's family again, and you will understand that this is a small investment and a big return!

What's more, if you fail, you will just lose a daughter. If you succeed, you will be able to achieve great success, just around the corner!

Fourteenth elder brother not only pouted, it seems that raising a girl is not easy for the Banner family, but it is also a great blessing to be able to be liked by the nobleman.

The car wobbled to the place, drove into the alley, and stopped at the second gate.

Wu Ya's family is not a big family, although they have Concubine De's face, but their family is still very cautious, there is no gatekeeper outside the door to support, usually the door is closed.

Brother Fourteen didn't ask anyone to knock on the door, but got out of the car by himself and glanced at the gate of Wu Ya's house.

The Guangliang gate in front of Wuya Mansion is very grand. This kind of ancient building gate is a kind of courtyard gate, which belongs to the house-style gate. It is second only to the gate of Wangfu and higher than the gate of Jinzhu. The house gate form adopted by others.

Although Wu Ya's family is not of a high level now, and it is reasonable to say that such a gate cannot be used, but who made Wu Ya's family produce a concubine!

The words "Wuyafu" are written on the plaque at the door.

According to the hierarchy system of the Qing Dynasty, only residences at the prince level can be called palaces, while the residences of county kings and dukes can only be called mansions, and the residences of court officials and wealthy families are called houses. High-ranking officials and other people's residences can only be called homes.

Therefore, the ancient door plaques cannot be written indiscriminately, and they match the identity of the owner, and those who exceed the rules will be held legally responsible.

In ancient times, apart from princes and aristocrats, people with certain status also paid attention to the opening and closing of the gate and what kind of people were allowed to come in and out. If the door is open, it must be opened, and if it is not open, it must be opened, so there are not so many taboos and rules.

And the gate is also particular about the place, the lintel on the gate is a status symbol, because in ancient times, the construction of the lintel has a clear system, only the mansion where the court officials live can mark the lintel on the main entrance, ordinary people are No lintel is allowed, even if you are a rich family, rich, and have no official status, you can't mark the lintel on the house door.

The door couplet is the crossbar above the two couplets, that is, the top of the columns on both sides of the door.And there are not many restrictions, no matter what kind of family can have a door couplet.

In addition, there are also distinctions between lintels, generally in numbers of two, four, and twelve.

To put it simply, those with two door stops on the lintel correspond to officials of rank five to seven; those with four door stops on the door lintel correspond to officials above rank four; as for those with twelve door stops, they can only be princes. Only the above grades can be used. In other words, even the relatives of the emperor, who are not kings, dare not build three doors and insert twelve doors.

There are also requirements in front of the door. Officials pay attention to the fact that the door is higher than the road, so there must be steps in front of the door, but these steps cannot be repaired casually, and must be done according to the system.

The steps in front of officials of the sixth and seventh ranks cannot be higher than the second level, the steps in front of the fifth-rank officials cannot be higher than the third level, and so on, but the maximum number of steps cannot exceed eight levels, and if it exceeds eight levels, it will be nine. Extreme, that is the number representing the vertex, and no one can use it except the emperor.

With the promotion of officials, the number of steps in front of the door will gradually increase. The term "steps of entry" that literati often talk about comes from here.

There are three steps in front of Wuya Mansion.

This is actually a bit beyond the standard, but if you think about it, there is a concubine De in Wu Ya's family, who gave birth to two sons and a daughter, and they are all adults, this salary is not considered high.

However, it is better than Tong Jia's. Tong Jia's built Cheng'en Duke's Mansion like a prince's mansion. Sooner or later, someone will settle the accounts. Although it is not the standard of a prince's mansion, it is much higher than an ordinary duke's mansion.

Brother Fourteen has never seen it, but he has heard of it.

What's more, there are Tong Jia's children in his haha ​​beads, so there should not be too many people visiting the mansion during the festivals.

"Go and knock on the door!" Elder Fourteen tidied up his clothes, and changed into a very eye-catching prince's regular clothes today, in order to surprise his natal family.

But I didn't say it in advance, and I didn't wear the prince's dress, which was tantamount to visiting in private.

Wood stepped forward to knock on the door, the door was opened, and a young man came out.

"Who are you?" Menzi was a servant with little knowledge, but thought that the young master in front of him was well dressed.

But it is definitely not a family that he frequents, he knows all the people that he frequents.

The young master was wearing a fox fur cloak, with picturesque eyebrows, he stood there smiling and watching him without speaking, but the big man in front of him looked like a coachman driving a carriage.

But this car looks good, but there is no family crest or corner lights with names written on it.

But it doesn't look like a liar... This is an inner city, and a liar can't get out if he dares to come.

"Please pass the name card to your master Wu Yaboqi, saying that your nephew came to visit and brought New Year's goods to the old lady and him." Ma Lianying smiled and handed the door a white jade pendant embossed with chilong patterns, embossed with The bright yellow tassels dazzled Menzi's eyes.

This is the symbol of the fourteenth elder brother's identity.

"Jade pendant" refers to the decorations carved from jade that are often worn on the body. Images of people, flowers, birds, animals, etc., or some auspicious characters and traditional pattern decorations are common on jade pendants.

The ancient people's love for jade pendants is not only because of the beauty and preciousness of jade itself, but also because of the connotation and character of jade. The ancients had a saying that "a gentleman does not have a reason for jade".

What's more, non-royals cannot use dragons, and non-princes cannot use group dragons.

"Zhou Li Yuzao" has a saying that "an ancient gentleman must admire jade".

There is a hole in the middle of this white jade pendant embossed with chilong patterns, and the front is embossed with a hornless panchilong walking in circles, with a ganoderma lucidum in its mouth.

"Chi" is a dragon without horns in ancient legends. It has a long body, four legs, and a long and forked tail. It is called Chihu.

The shape of this jade pendant is that of a chi tiger, and it looks very ferocious.

This is the jade pendant given to the fourteenth elder brother by Kangxi. Everyone in the court knows that it is a gift from Longhu Mountain. It is said that it was worn by a celestial master on Longhu Mountain during the Ming Dynasty. The fourth elder brother seems to be very unlucky, not to mention being bullied, it also means that it is a bit unlucky, so Kangxi gave him this jade pendant to wear, and asked him to keep it with him, so as to seek good luck and avoid bad luck.

Everyone knows that the thing that has been worn since childhood is the heart of Long Live Lord.

"Yes, wait a moment, wait a moment!" Menzi didn't even dare to pick up the jade pendant, but wiped his hands vigorously. Fortunately, because it was the Chinese New Year, he was wearing new clothes. Putting a plain handkerchief of his own on it, he took the jade pendant respectfully, and went inside carefully, and after a while, Wu Yaboqi ran out!

Holding the jade pendant in his hand, seeing Brother Fourteen standing at the gate, he was so surprised that he almost yelled: "Ten...it's you! Why...how could it be you?"

"Uncle!" Elder Fourteen remained the same.

After shouting, he saw Wuya Boqi's face blooming like a flower: "Hey!"

Wu Yaboqi hurriedly tied the jade pendant around his waist first: "Send someone to tell, uncle has been waiting at the gate for a long time, this jade pendant can't be taken off casually in the future, this is the baby that will keep you safe."

"I don't have anything to prove who I am, so I can only show it to my uncle." Elder Fourteen said cheerfully, "I wanted to give you a surprise, but I didn't even tell my mother-in-law."

"Come in, come in and talk, Ah Fu, close the door, no one will come today!" Wu Yaboqi smiled, took the hand of the fourteenth elder brother and entered the door.

"Pull in everything else!" Elder Fourteen pointed behind him, "It's my nephew's annual gift!"

"Okay, okay!" Wu Yaboqi was really happy at the moment, his head was smoking with excitement.

In the past, the fourteenth elder brother said that he would come to the house to have a look. To be honest, Wu Yaboqi didn't take it seriously.

The fourth elder brother has also left the palace to build a mansion, and has not walked around with Wu Ya's house, but he often sends things, but no one has come.

He thought the fourteenth brother was the same.

This is normal, noble people don't step on cheap ground.

Who knows, after hearing that the fourteenth elder brother already had the token to pass through the palace, Wu Yaboqi never thought that he would come to his home. Today's surprise is too big.

Wu Yaboqi took the people to his study and settled them down: "Slave, go and ask them to come and see..."

"Uncle." Elder Fourteen pressed Wu Yaboqi, who was already excited and didn't know what to do: "Don't talk too much, I'll meet my cousin and the others later, and I'll go to the backyard to meet the old lady."

He hasn't seen his own grandma yet!

"Yes, yes!" Wu Yaboqi rubbed his hands.

Just in time, his eldest son came over: "Ama? Are you in there?"

"Yes, yes!" Wu Yabo asked someone to bring the eldest son in.

After Wu Yaxiangyong came in, he was taken aback when he saw so many people: "Ama?"

Wuya Boqi hurriedly pulled his eldest son Wuya Xiangyong over: "This is Wuya Xiangyong, the eldest son of the servant. Son, come and pay your respects to the Fourteenth Prince."

Wu Ya Xiangyong is already ten years old, and he looks like a tiger head and a tiger brain. He looks curiously at Fourteenth Brother with big eyes.

He has never met the real prince elder brother, but he has seen many relatives of the emperor.

The most indispensable thing in the capital is the royal relatives.

The fourteenth prince, not the fourteenth elder brother.

Because all the boys in the Manchu family are called "elder brother", but the fourteenth prince is different.